Walnut Candy Dish

This is a little goof off project I did between 2nd and 5th hour at the High School yesterday. It was meant to be an experiment at maintaining wall thickness. This piece has no straight areas on it anywhere and I did not have a caliper for checking thickness. I just used my fingers and moved all along the part matching the inside to the outside. It is about 3/16 wall all over.

It is 6” x 2 1/4 high and finished with several coats of clear matte finish.

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Thanks for all the nice comments. There is a ton of wood to make bows out of there and I have 3 students this semester that want to turn. One girl was finishing her bowl yesterday and is starting on another one she want to do all by her self to see what she learned from the first one. she is already talking about buying a lathe!! I’m trying to get her to join Lumberjocks for more inspiration from all of you!!!!!!!!!!

Another girl is making two set of those Russian dolls that nest inside each other. She has the two pairs of the smallest ones with my help and now she will finish the rest on her own. The biggest thing is showing her how to hold the different sizes of wood. She can make the tenons now so she is on her way. She will use a drill chuck to start the hollowing. I just use a drill bit with a handle on it.

The other guy that was turning a bowl and really getting into making chips. When I went to work with another student, he had turned 2” off the diameter so he wound up with a lot smaller one than he could have.

I could do this full time!!...............Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!